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  • Sihamoni becomes Cambodia's new King

    10/14/2004 4:39:05 PM PDT · by angkor · 12 replies · 286+ views
    The Straits Times ^ | 10.15.2004 | Wires
    PHNOM PENH - Politically fractious and still traumatised by Pol Pot's brutal 1970s rule, Cambodia moved smoothly into a new royal era yesterday by choosing one of Norodom Sihanouk's sons to take the throne following the king's shock abdication last week. Prague-educated prince is a unanimous choice. -- AFP The nine-member Royal Throne Council announced after meeting in the royal palace that it had approved 51-year-old Prince Norodom Sihamoni, a Prague-educated dance teacher who until recently was Cambodia's ambassador to Unesco, the United Nations cultural organisation, in Paris. The statement did not say how many council members - who included...